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  27 dead after 2 trains derail in India

  dpa, Published on 05/08/2015

  » Two passenger trains derailed after being hit by flash floods on a bridge in central India, killing at least 27 people in the latest deadly accident on the nation's crumbling rail network.

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  42 foreigners arrested in Malaysia riot

  dpa, Published on 27/08/2014

  » KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian police arrested 42 men after a riot by up to 1,000 mostly Nepalese workers sparked fires and destroyed parts of an electronics-export factory, highlighting accusations of poor conditions for many of the estimated four million foreign workers in the Southeast Asian country.

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  Chinese railway in Myanmar scrapped

  dpa, Published on 22/07/2014

  » NAY PYI TAW - A planned rail project to give China access to the Indian Ocean through Myanmar has been cancelled due to strong public objections and delays, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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  Interview: Golden era over in China

  dpa, Published on 05/07/2014

  » BEIJING - China's rapid growth has fallen off, and doing business has become more difficult. Foreign companies complain of restricted access to markets as economic reforms are delayed, pessimism is on the rise.

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  Costs delay Hanoi skytrain project

  dpa, Published on 24/04/2014

  » HANOI - Chinese contractors are to blame for delays and spiralling costs in the construction of an elevated railway in Hanoi, a construction expert and state media said Thursday.

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  Three dead after volcano eruption

  dpa, Published on 14/02/2014

  » JAKARTA — Four international airports on Indonesia's main island of Java were closed and more than 100,000 residents fled their homes on Friday following a volcanic eruption, officials said.

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  Polish woman 'drugged, raped' in India

  dpa, Published on 05/01/2014

  » New Delhi - A Polish woman was raped when she travelled to New Delhi with her 2-year-old daughter, police said Sunday, in the latest major sex crime in the South Asian country.

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  Train hits fuel truck, 5 killed

  dpa, Published on 09/12/2013

  » JAKARTA - A commuter train ploughed into a truck carrying petrol in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring more than 30, police said.

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  Putin in Vietnam, energy to top agenda

  dpa, Published on 12/11/2013

  » HANOI - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday for a one-day state visit to sign 15 cooperation agreements.

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  China gives Laos $81m in aid, loans

  dpa, Published on 05/09/2013

  » VIENTIANE - China has agreed to give Laos 300 million yuan (US$49 million) in grant aid and 200 million yuan ($32.6 million) in interest-free loans this year, news reports said on Thursday.

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